Who Is Making Money With Affiliate Marketing?

Hence why no one has replied yet! LOL j/k!

I wish I was making that much from affiliate marketing. I wish I was making that much a month period.

... and just WHAT exactly are you trying to say Barbara???

Hey Chris,

I used to bring in around $2 to $2 k a month from affiliate marketing on the side, but I just couldnt find the time to really delve head first into it thanks to the work that some of my own sites/products/writing work entailed. It's a shame that affiliate marketing seems to often be put on the backburner by a lot of people, but I guess pre-paid and guaranteed income producing work often takes precedence.

Now Ive got a full time gig as an affiliate manager, so there is even less time to put into my own campaigns on the side, but I sure do miss it. Im not sure what it is about affilaite marketing that is so appealing but honestly a part of me got more excited when I sold someone else's product than when I sold my own or made adsense money at all. But I could be the exception to the rule.

Currently, we have a stack of affiliates bringing in far more than that per month, but I am not at liberty to really go into details.

The key is keywords...and they are something that is guarded very, very closely.

Me, it's quite easy if you know what you do.

-Shaun

I do ok from affiliate marketing. From what I see around me, the biggest problem people have is usually the mindset. That's what is keeping them from reaching their potential or in some cases that is what is killing it altogether. And I'm not talking here about the motivational field. I like those things as they are easy on the ears but there is a big difference between motivational and mindset. Mindset has more to do with your approach towards things and in internet marketing or in running a business it has a lot to do with self-discipline and time management. These are 2 things that I can honestly say that i do not see in most people. Because think of it. If you already had some success online and pretty much everyone did. Let's say something small- $100. If you made $100 online what is keeping your from replicating that model at a larger scale? Short answer- self sabotage.

For learning, the best way to do it is through trial and error. Do something, analyze the results, see what's wrong with the results that you're getting, change it according to the new information that you now have and do it again and again and again.

Now another important thing is to surround yourself with people that are doing the same thing as you or something similar to what you're doing. And no I'm not talking about an open forum like this one. It is your experience vs your experience multiplied by how many people you have in the group. It's a great way to leverage expertise, knowledge, skills.

Well I can't say I rely on Affiliate marketing as I am building multiple income streams, but I can say at my current level I have completely replaced my 100k a year jobs income with it alone. I started last October and had replaced the income actually by the beginning of this month. Like I said though I have also developed a few other streams as well.

I used to make a good amount from affiliate marketing only but I have diversified since then . In the very early years it was very hit-and-miss for me. I placed random links for random products on random sites to which I had access. Of course it wasn't targeted at all. I made money from those but in retrospect I realize I would have made more if I had a system back then.

Yes, What? No!
Wrong thread, Sorry.

Have a Great Day!
Michael

PS, Chris,
I pity the fool that wins! ...lol

Chris, I don't do affiliate marketing but could I be entered into the draw anyway?

what kind of products are people creating - niche or internet marketing or ? You can see the real money is having thousands sell your products out of clickbank but you have to gravity so you need to someone get others selling for you in order to get more to sell - is the cart and the horse type deal.

I used to do very well with AM but I don't do much anymore. I got tired of putting a lot of effort into marketing and then the company changes the pay plan, goes out of business, changes the product, etc. Also if somehting is really good the copycats start immediately and the you have tons of competition from other companies and other affiliates. It can still be a great way to make money but you have to accept the many negative aspects of it.

*raises hand*

Although a better part of my income is through flipping sites, I pass the income you quoted with affiliate marketing, too. It's a mix of Clickbank & CPA.

And the second part of your question - I've learned it myself, through trial and error.

Yep, affiliate marketer here, but will soon be leveraging my success into some serious non-IM product creation (just another rung on the ladder eh?

Well, I don't really do it with affiliate marketing right now...I do
things with PLR products that I rebrand and market as my own
high-quality products. But, that's just what I do. How much I
make from this doesn't matter, but if it helps that people like
me are actually doing it for a living, then so be it.

Where did I learn it? Quite a bit from this forum. Some of it out-
side this forum. Got lucky because these 4 people are masters
at their craft, and I learned both online and offline marketing to
combine the two and create what one would call a "fortune" I
suppose.

Would it not be more beneficial for you to find some time to
put into your campaigns knowing what you know about how
clients do business with you? This would seem like the next
best step to go if you are commited to being an entrepreneur.

I'm sorry but, I don't buy that you don't have time to do what
you want to do anymore. Time is made for things you want to
make happen. It's okay to be more comfortable with a position
that atleast somewhat gaurantee's a paycheck...

I've had many jobs where I knew my purpose for doing it was
to grow my business when I'm not working. nothing else.

Create your own products and have affiliates work for YOU instead. Then you will hit that $3000 a month much easier AND most likely for the longer term.

Example, create one $67 info product. Sell 1-2 a day on average and you will hit your mark.

I appreciate all the comments and it is good feedback. Anybody else?

With affiliate marketing I make enough to live on my own and lease an office. I got started on my own with a local ppc and then moved into the affiliate marketing space. I had a mentor who basically taught me everything i know and was well worth the cost. I actually ended up partnering up with him (which is something he offers) so I could scale up more quickly with more money. Webinar's, ebooks all that stuff is good, but having a mentor that you can just hit up with questions anytime really makes all the difference.

I have been doing Affiliate Marketing for 1 year and i have not made any money yet even if i am on page 1 for many high traffic keywords like "make money online" make money fast" ect..

It`s not our fault that we don`t make any money it`s the crappy products they make for us to promote.

I have not found 1 Clickbank product yet that people besides the owner make money from.

I am at this moment educating myself to be a webdesigner and programmer so i can
make some real money and give real value to people who use my service.

Affiliate Marketing is a dead end road with lots of effort and no money.

The "gurues"make money only because the can afford spending a lot of money on advertising.

Grrrr

Annette.

mr2monster is right on the money

I do about 3k pm just from affiliate programs (nothing in the IM niche) and the bulk of it is from clickbank. Used to average about 7k pm 2 - 3 years ago but then started other businesses etc and did not give my aff biz the attention it deserved.

I started out learning from Ken Evoy's Affiliate Marketers Course and I am glad I did because it gave me the solid foundation from where I could build propper websites. It is 300 pages and still some of the best info and still free.

Have spent THOUSANDS on IM training since, but do not fall for the hype anymore. When I buy something now it is to solve a particular problem or "how to" on specific topics, not the latest "get rich, make huge money overnight" products.

The rest is just trial an error, reading, keeping what works and discarding what does not.

Annette makes a classic mistake of selling "how to make money" products when she has not made any money yet herself in the IM niche (not an attack Annete just an observation). From the early days in forums you would find guys posting "how do i make my first sale?" but in their sig file it links to "how I made my first million" IM course...

Do not do IM unless you KNOW what you are doing. None of the 3k + I make pm from aff programs are in the IM market. If you want to break into the IM market, go for the SUB niches like "how to build links" or "finding affiliate programs" etc...

Hahaha.

It`s good to see that there are some temperament in here.

That`s what i wanted to see.

This was my point of view and you got yours.


Have a nice day
Annette.

My partner and I have recently broken through the $100K a year mark with AM.

Considering we do this very part time we are quite pleased with the results as its growing each month.

We are mainly self taught, although a few people had an influence in the beginning.

Reading about it can only take you so far, you need to live and breathe it for a while, fail fast and learn. Revise your strategies as you go and document your systems. Once this is done you can outsource most things, leverage and scalability is crucial to growing.

There only so much work you can do yourself in an hour!

To your success
Jason